South Korea
Miniso opens first flagship Store in South Korea
Miniso opens first flagship Store in South Korea
The store features over 3,500 products.
6 hours ago
Kolmar Korea expands globally with natural K-beauty products
The company invests heavily in r&d.
7 hours ago
Xiaomi launches first offline store in Korea
It also features on-site after-sales services.
4 days ago
MBK Partners seeks buyer for troubled South Korean chain Homeplus
The retailer has lost over $1b in the past five years.
Amorepacific launches AI chatbot for personalised beauty advice
It also gives real-time order shipment updates.
Korea retail sales up 7% in April
However, offline sales fell 1.9%.
Breville brings home win at Retail Asia Awards 2025 for experiential store
Café & Store, an experiential retail to drive awareness and experience of quality home coffee.
CJ Olive Young woos tourists in search of K-beauty’s ‘glass skin’
Free skin scans are driving loyalty beyond Korea.
CJ Olive Young opens first Korean snacks store in Busan
It offers Korean healthy snacks popular with tourists.
K-beauty sector rebounds with $4.9M in early 2025 funding
It raised a total of $453m to date.
Korea's retail industry up 9.2% in March
Online sales led the growth with a 19% increase.
JD Logistics expands into South Korea’s domestic supply chain market
It has launched two self-operated logistics centers in Icheon and Incheon.
IKEA opens first mixed-use store in South Korea
This is part of the group’s plan to invest over $341m the country.
Tim Hortons launches packaged coffee in South Korea
It currently operates 16 locations in Seoul.
Shinsegae opens new cultural landmark 'The Heritage' in Seoul
It restored a 90-year-old building.
Kolmar Korea develops hybrid composite sunscreen technology
This improves long UVA blocking efficiency by 24.8%
Amorepacific, BASF partner to launch new technology to fight skin aging
It aims to meet the demand for deeper UV protection.
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